A question to console owners

[TehCookie]

First of all space, I have a ton of console because I enjoy games, and every console I buy has a different selection. Second having a backup. Consoles don't last forever, my PS1 broke but I can still play the games on my PS2. I would like to be able to continue to play them without having to look around at pawn shops to find another one that isn't covered in filth. Third is saves you money than having to buy the rerelease to play it on your modern console if you just want to keep one console.

 

[Composer]

Seeing as I still have my NES, I'd say the answer is pretty obvious

 

[MysticToast]

I will keep my previous console for nostalgia's sake and for the sake of playing older games as the years go by.

Seriously, I wish companies would just forget about BC and focus on making each generation light years ahead of the previous generation.

 

[Strain42]

I usually keep it. I still have my Playstation 1 somewhere. Even though the Wii is backwards compatible with the Gamecube, and the Wii is even in my room, I still go into the room that has the Gamecube in it to play it.

Even with something like my DS, I'm keeping that when I get a 3DS because it's nice to keep it around. Never know when I might need it again.

 

[Vigormortis]

Well, I'm actually a PC gamer first-and-foremost, but I grew up on consoles. Still, I do have a few "current gen" consoles. Namely a Wii and a 360. (though part of me regrets not going the PS3 route instead of my 360. a very small part, mind you, but still)

But to answer the OPs question, let me put it this way:

If I were to open the closet in my living room, guess what I'd see in there... A series of neatly stacked consoles ranging from the Gamecube/Xbox era all the way back to the NES/Atari.

So...yes. I keep my consoles. In fact, every single one of my consoles; new or old; all still work. I keep them in good condition and, should something go "awry", I know how to fix them. Usually.

 

[Shinsei-J]

Still got my psx and ps2.
So keeping them just seems right to me.

 

[purplecactus]

As someone who doesn't own a console due to monetary issues but would like to... My master plan is to persuade my brother to buy it, then have him pass his old one on to me. That way I get a well-maintained console plus a whole heap of games, most of which I enjoy.

 

[mysecondlife]

Old consoles like N64's are deep in my parents' closet.

Consoles like PS3 is something I'd keep with me until it breaks. It beats buying another blu-ray player.

 

[The_Echo]

I keep them. I kept my PlayStation when I got the PS2, and I kept my PS2 when I got the PS3. I still have my Game Boy Advance SP and DS Lite while having a 3DS. I'm going to keep my PSP when I eventually get the Vita.

I figure eventually, I might want or need these older consoles/handhelds for something. Currently, my PSOne is hooked up to a second TV in my room. Sometimes I feel like playing some Pac-Man World while I watch Nick at Nite or something. My PS2 was unfortunately destroyed in a terrible dog-and-table-related accident; I kind of feel like getting another one.

If my NES and Genesis weren't missing a cable or inexplicably broken in some way, I would definitely still be using those.

 

[F'Angus]

Well I have my PS£ but I've still got my PS2 and my PS1. I don't see any reason for throwing them away.

 

[Able Seacat]

I would still like backwards compatibility please. I haven't decided if I'm gonna continue with the xbox or move to the next playstation. If I do go to the playstation it would be great to be able to play the PS3 games I missed.

 

[White_Lama]

Seeing as Microsoft seems to be more focusing on bullshit Kinect in the future I'm going to switch over and probably buy a Wii or PS3 and try out those game arsenals before I buy a next gen console.

And when I do I'll keep my 360 and still play it from time to time if I can't transfer memory/if it isn't backwards compatible.

 

[imagremlin]

Keeper here. They get stored/reconnected depending on what I feel like playing.

 

[LordFish]

As a member of The Master Race, the question in NA, however I do have a 360 for guests and multiplayer ext, I keep it in my bedroom, I'm surprise no one yet has answered "move it into my bedroom" or "move it into the living room for when the house is empty"

There are benefits to having tech spread out around the house

 

[Smeggs]

Wen you buy a next gen console, what will you do with your current gen console???
If the answer is keep it then why you need backward compabilyti??? You already have a device that plays current gen games. It's not that hard to switch cable.

Because on the chance that shit hits the fan with the new consoles like the current gen problems, it's nice to be able to have something to fall back to. For instance, when my first 360 got an internal component failure I had my PS2 to go back to until I was able to get a new 360.

 

[Shadowhawk77]

Keep them until there is no real use...I.E. i had a ps2 for about 3 years into having an xbox...but that was because i would replay final fantasy or kingdom hearts every once in a while but now that its no fun replaying them i gave it to a friend that has some old school games to play-keeping old consoles is basically making it a nostalgia machine and nothing more then that because they tend to drop in price dramatically(along with the games) and they generally have no new releases or updates making it slowly fall farther back from its newer brethren--->making no new fun for the console but a repeatable joy from the best games you have already played(if your into that kind of thing as some people cant ever restart a game without clawing their eyes out)

 

[Weentastic]

You never know when you might want an extra dvd player, or nowadays, you can even stream netflix, which is super awesome. If you happen to not have a bunch of hardware lying around that can do that, an old console is perfect for that.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

I still have all of my previous consoles. I'm surprised my N64 works as well as it does today.

Gonna sell my 360, though. Worst investment in my life. But without the 360, I would've never found out how awesome the PS3 is.

So I guess it wasn't all bad.